Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 11 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 8.97% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (125.7 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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